New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-25
Value or NEWSPAPER CLIPPiNGS'
MANY CORPORATIONS COLLECT THEM

MANY CORPORAL ')NS AOi-Ls-Ni i''''-''
9hc inruc. ce Of tho newspapers Of the DAY III
shapiu. and controlling public opinion Is shown III 10
roor, dircc, manner than IN tho piles OF clippings
,,, them which are to be found In railroad OFFICES In
tiI. cry Most of tho Offices assign TO some clerk
tho duty of reading the daily papers and making
newspaper clippings all subjects OF "pe'l interest
to tc company, posting these, duly dated ana alc"
tlcafcd IN a scrap book, and slowing them away io'
,ctcrcncc In this manner the newspaper becomes
to uluy "a ruad officials the chronicle oil events INC
,rpo.t,.y OF information, which mag prove Valuao'e
a, my nocnt and which must be kept for convenient
reference
Tho rald transit problem in this city has given
ccla impetus to this need Of collecting newspaper
Information ON the progress of railroad matters uucr
ground, surface elevated Tho Arcane halfway
company seems to Rave taken lead In this direction
There Is no reason why II should not IL has been III
The field for twenty years; it, clippings form many
,olumcs II has arraycd many newspaper excerpts I'm
,lumc called by 10 The Voice of the Press when
ba, been presented TO tho legislature to many Gov
crnors of the states Assenbmen and state senators,
TO Judges, county newspapers ana goherauy sPrca"
br,ad-cast In a manner calculated To INSPIRE inc
public with the belief that tho Arcade Company was
the ueal and eud all Of the RAPID transit pfoOieh
this city.
Tho to,Ie Halfway company IS scarcely behind the
Arcade I'm that Involuntary tribute TO the press, as
voclng pubic opinion. Charles T. shaw OF Ms
brother, the "General, acne knows ho" many volumes
OF newspaper extracts on tho railroad transportation
,roblcm IN this city that organization has cAppcu'
uasted and bound Tho whole history, not only OF
tho cable Company from s inception, but also of tho
Arcade, tho Manhattan, the Metropolitan all the
thousand and railroad enterprises launched In th'
city may be traced through the Gable company
clippings Robinson, Scribncr 4 Bright have been
equally assduous in this direction To them IL Is
that many city railroad mon, seeking light on railroad
matters, a. pertaining to this city, apply win the
fore-hnowledso that the records full and complete,
elaborate and dotaedall culled from the newspapers
Of this will show bright historical light ON the
ups and downs Of railroad matters, In which the seekers
for truth are specially Interested
Tho Underground halfway Company no sooner TOOK
ON a scmblanco OF fo than 1t demonstrated that tho
best show of a vitalzcd existence lay In storing up
nowrparor clipping tho resurrection Of the com
many I'm tho confident belief that these extracts would
be tho best possible proof Of life removed. Ana
cert alny this expectation has been Justified In tho
publicity given TO the late movements OF tho company
through the press The broadway and Seventh Avenue
Ealroa people, those of tho horse railroads In the
various avenues and streets of tho city have followed
up this need an,. displayed this involuntary dcpon-
dcncy ON tho newspaper as tho versatile chroniccr
and Trustworthy historian of the news OF the day, 10y
filing away clippings bearing question IN which
they arc vitality Interested.
The entire proceedings, published In newspapers,
the really valuable part of tho Transactions of tho
broadway Surface Railroad Commission the cable and
other rapd transit commissions, al have their place
In the tones of clippings stOwc away Ia horse, cable
and electric railroad offices in this city. Railroad news
leiegrapLed from Albany accounts from Chicago,
81 Louis the great West, tho North, the East and tho
south, all find IA resting place In the railroad Office
scrap book 1t Is thus that railroad corporations
lay tribute to the and power of the press, as
an agent in the advance OF civilization along lines,
horse, CABLE electric and steam